MOONSTONE BOOKS FOR DECEMBER

Following are Moonstone Books' solicitations for December, with information coming from the publisher.

CYCLONE BILL & THE TALL TALES #3

By Dan Dougherty.

At the latest "audition" for rock band SurpriseSurprise, a mystery man in an Elvis mask tears the place in half with his mighty rock action. He's there for more than just a slot in the band -- he warns Oscar of a dark force that's on his trail. Meanwhile Maggie, Rhonda and Fran are on a girls' day out in Chicago. Fran tells a story of romance and loss that oddly mirrors events in Maggie's life, as her feelings for Rhonda deepen. Headed for heartbreak back at in her hotel room, Maggie is startled by a cryptic visitor of her own.

32 pages, grey-toned, $2.95.

THE PHANTOM: THE GRAHAM NOLAN SUNDAY VOL. 1

By Graham Nolan, cover by Nolan.

This TPB will collect for the first time the Graham Nolan Sunday Phantom comic strips. This volume contains four complete stories: "The War Mongers," "The Briefcase," "Terror in Mawitaan" and "The Sinbad Stone." These strips are from 2002, 2003, and 2004.

112 pages, $13.95.

MR. MOTO: WELCOME BACK, MR. MOTO TPB

Written by Rafael Nieves, art and cover by Tim Hamilton.

The return of the world's most inscrutable secret agent! Pulitzer Prize winner John P. Marquand's creation makes his comics debut. This volume reprints the entire three-issue mini-series.

With the end of World War Two, Ken Takashi is released from an internment camp. Instead of being greated by a culture that should be ashamed of what it did to so many innocent men and women, he finds himself surrounded by bigots, still quick to dehumanize any Asian it comes across. Frustrated, humilliated, and without many options he is met by Mr. Moto. He is there to help Ken, many times-but his motives are his own, and he may show Ken that he has much more to lose than he could ever have dreamed.

96 pages, grey-toned, $10.95.